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"New National Fourth Reader"


Minute after minute dragged slowly on, and I was just thinking that I
should be obliged to shout "Fire!" as the only means of relief in my
power, when, a stealthy step under the window gave me a new feeling.

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Directions for Reading.--To give greater effect to certain parts of
the lesson, read them very slowly.
The first line of the last paragraph is a good example of adding
_emphasis_ by reading slowly.
Point oat two other places in the lesson where slow reading would be
best.
What word in the last paragraph may be made very emphatic, even to the
extent of using the _calling tone_ of voice?
Let pupils pronounce in concert, and singly, the following words:
_soon, do, two, foolish, roof, food, room_.

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Language Lesson.--Let pupils write statements, each containing one of
the following words, used in such a manner as to show its proper
meaning: _beech, beach; sense, scents; fourth, forth; hear, here_.
Give rules for the capital letters in the first three paragraphs of the
lesson.
Let pupils place _un_ before each of the following words, and then
define them.


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